Psalm 34: 17-19. “…not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.” John Ortberg.
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Transcript of Psalm 34: 17-19. “…not doubt-free certainty; rather, it is tenacious obedience.” John Ortberg.
“3 Questions that no one asks.”(but we all do - Job started it)
Is God unfair?
Job 10: 2-9 21: 6-17 Is God silent?
Job 19: 7 30: 20
“3 Questions that no one asks.”(but we all do - Job started it)
Is God unfair?
Job 10: 2-9 21: 6-17 Is God silent?
Job 19: 7 30: 20 Is God hidden?
Job 13: 23-24 23: 3-5
Job 36:15 - Elihu speaks
“But those who suffer he delivers in their suffering; he speaks to them in their affliction.”
God’s megaphone..“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pain. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.”
C.S. Lewis
What is already a part of your relationship?
“Though He slay me…” Job
“Your law is my delight…”David
Is pain & suffering God’s punishment for our sin?
Psalm 89: 20-37
“If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have You made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?”
“If I have sinned, what have I done to you, O watcher of men? Why have You made me your target? Have I become a burden to you?”
Job 7: 20
Is my suffering Is my suffering proportional to my sin?proportional to my sin?
Lamentations 3: 31-33Lamentations 3: 37-40
Psalm 28: 3-4Psalm 94: 1-2Psalm 103: 8-10
Pay ‘em back, God, but….
Not “Why?” but rather...
To What End?
“…now I rejoice not because you were pained, but because the pain led you to turn back to God.”
II Corinthians 7: 8-11Complete Jewish Bible
Philippians 1: 29I Peter 4: 12-19
Do we allow God to use us, however He sees fit, to draw others to Him?